Browsing Recreation and Leisure Studies by Subject "Community"
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Beyond the Ice: An Exploratory Investigation into Social Responsibility within Major Junior Hockey
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-07)Major Junior hockey organizations are viewed as the rallying point for many small communities throughout North America, and as their presence in society continues to grow as does their increased ability and desire to give ... -
Consumption Communities: An Examination of the Kitchener Market as a Third Place
(University of Waterloo, 2010-06-24)Leisure time, leisure activities, and leisure spaces largely surround matters of consumption. However, the role consumption plays in the reproduction and performance of community is a necessarily contested topic among ... -
Exploring the role of a Community Organization in the lives of Individuals who are Homeless - A Phenomenological Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-07)The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the role of the Good Shepherd, a Catholic charitable organization, in the lives of those involved in it. Data collection methods consisted of semi-structured ... -
A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of the Experiences of Community Reintegration for Women Leaving Prison
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-12)Women are a small, yet growing, increasingly diverse and complex group out of the overall Canadian prison population. From 2005 to 2015, the population of people in Canadian prisons rose by approximately 10% and most of ... -
Magical Activism
(University of Waterloo, 2012-06-08)Lack of knowledge about the lived experience of leisure is a result of the distanced, objective way in which it has primarily been studied (Hemingway, 1999), and there is an increased interest in conceptualizing leisure ... -
Suffering and Storytelling - Exploring Extreme Leisure Through Trails, Trials, and Tales
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-24)The purpose of this thesis is to better understand the motives and outcomes associated with a punishing yet profound leisure experience. A thru-hike was chosen as a venue through which to explore the motives and outcomes ...